KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2023

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

WEST PLAINS 57 LEBANON 41

BOTH TEAM’S WERE PLAYING A SECOND OZARK CONFERENCE GAME IN 24 HOURS DUE TO RESCHEDULING, AND THE ZIZZERS DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE YELLOWJACKETS IN CONTROL FOR A ROAD VICTORY AT BOSWELL AUDITORIUM ON KJEL……WEST PLAINS PULLED AWAY FROM A TWO POINT HALFTIME LEAD, OUTSCORING L.H.S. 33-19 IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS…LEBANON COACH RYAN TOOMBS SAID THEY HAD DIFFICULTY COUNTERACTING THE WEST PLAINS GAMEPLAN….

AIDEN SIMPSON TALLIED 22 FOR THE ZIZZERS…..KELBY VANDERGRIFT WAS THE ONLY LEBANON DOUBLE FIGURE SCORER WITH 11…..THE ‘JACKETS ARE 11-12 AND WILL HOST BOLIVAR FOR SENIOR NIGHT FRIDAY….

ALSO:

STOUTLAND 63 BELLE 48

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

BRADLEY 64 MISSOURI STATE 54

NFL-

CHAMPIONSHIP PARADES HAVE BECOME COMMONPLACE IN KANSAS CITY OVER THE LAST 7 YEARS, AND ANOTHER EVENT WAS STAGED WEDNESDAY TO HONOR THE SUPER BOWL 57 CHAMPION CHIEFS….

THAT WAS KANSAS CITY MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS ON THE MICROPHONE…MISSOURI GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON AND KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY WERE IN ATTENDANCE AS THE LOMBARDI TROPHY AND TEAM CRUISED THROUGH THE AREA, CONCLUDING THE CELEBRATION AT UNION STATION….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

NHL TONIGHT-

NEW JERSEY AT ST. LOUIS